A/N: Thank you guys so much for the reviews. They mean a lot to me. Now for the moment you've all been waiting for: Troyella moments. There is a Troyella moment through out the chapter, with a twist added to it. Enjoy!
Chapter 12 "Difference might be a pessimistic word, but it doesn't affect our friendship."
Everyone stayed at their normal spots, no one moved, nor did anyone speak. Everyone was into deep thinking, all of them thinking the exact same thing. Ryan's question plastered into everyone's mind, 'Is our friendship strong enough to hold on?' They all wanted the answer, but they didn't have it. They didn't know if their friendship was burly to clasp on to, but the only way to find out is to take a risk. Take a chance at being friends again, and even though they might get into more fights; they needed to know that in the end it will all work out.
Silent filled the room for about fifteen minutes and to make matters into worse, it wasn't a contented silent. The quietness had everyone in the room fed up. They wanted to speak with each other, but no words were coming out of their mouths.
"Gabriella let's go." Taylor whispered to her friend. She couldn't bear to be in this room anymore. She had to go, leave somewhere, anywhere but here.
"Okay." Was all Gabriella had said. Gabriella and Taylor stood up from their seats and walked towards the door, Troy seen this and immediately got up.
"Gabriella, Taylor wait!" Troy shouted making the two girls turn around. Both girls were just staring at him.
"What do you want Troy?" Gabriella said calmly.
"Look, Gabby, Taylor we need to work things out. We can't do that if you guys aren't here." Troy said.
"We stayed here for twenty minutes and no one said anything. What makes you think everyone is going to speak now?" Taylor said eyeing him completely.
"Fine Taylor leave! Go, absentee from this! Do what you want to do, do what makes you happy, but just answer this. Are you ready to let this friendship go? Are you ready to leave that door and never turn you're back again? Are you ready to walk Monday morning into school and see the tension and awkward atmosphere between us? If you're ready to face these challenges, then fine leave." Troy said while staring at Taylor; searching for any evidence that would lead to what her decision would be.
Unexpectedly, Taylor walked back to her normal seat and sat down. A smile crept up into Troy's face, he came through to her, and his word's actually meant something to Taylor. Troy drifted away from his thoughts and focused his eyes on Gabriella. She was still standing by the door, not even bothering to follow Taylor.
"Gabriella, what's you're choice?" Troy asked the brunet hair-headed girl.
"I guess I'll sit down too." Gabriella said sitting next to Taylor.
"Okay now that we still have everyone's here. What are we going to do?" Troy asked his friends.
"Well dude we have a decision, we either leave now and not solve anything, or we don't leave and we solve our problems." Chad answered his best friend.
"Okay I'm thinking that since everyone stayed, we all want to solve our problems, correct?" Troy asked everyone in the room. They all nodded their heads.
"Troy what are we going to do? Where entirely too different." Sharpay pointed out.
"Sharpay you're right. We are different, but that's what makes us special. We all get to experience each other's opinions, estimations, views and beliefs on different things. At first I thought that I didn't need you guys, I was just fine with having Taylor by my side; nevertheless I couldn't have been more wrong. I do need you, all of you, because I couldn't live without you guys. The way you boys always are there to protect us girls; and the way you girls are always there on my side whenever I need you. You're all my second family and I don't want to lose any of you." Gabriella said perfectly and emotionally. Everyone looked at her tears in their eyes, not just the girls and even the boys. The tears implied that they all cared for one another.
None of them couldn't take this any longer; they all gave each other group hugs, wanting to stay like this forever. Once they pulled apart they all started laughing, acting as if this was the first time they ever laughed.
"So are we friends again?" Chad asked.
"No." Gabriella said. Everyone looked at her with perplexity.
"Were best friends." She finished it off. Everyone looked at her and hugged the small brunet girl.
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On the outside of the theater room, Ryan was listening to everything that just occurred. The gang is finally back together. Ryan said to himself, with a wide smile.
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"Gabriella, can I talk to you please?" Troy asked.
"Yeah sure!"
"Maybe we should go somewhere else. Let's go outside of the room." Troy suggested, as Gabriella was following him. Everyone else in the gang looked at them with confused looks and also with hope into their eyes.
"Gabriella remember when I talked to you on the roof top?" Troy asked, right when they were outside.
"Y-Yes" Gabriella said, not wanting to recall the moment. The time she cried herself to sleep that day; the time all her hopes of Troy ever liking her vanished away.
"You know the girl that I told you about? The girl that I really liked, possibly even loved?" Troy asked.
"Troy yes I remember it all."
"T-That g-girl I was t-talking about was……….was y-you." Troy apprehensively said. Gabriella's brown eyes were wide within the second he said the word 'you'. So many emotions stirred into Gabriella's body. She was mad; mad to the fact that she didn't stay long enough that day, for him tell her it was her all along. She was upset; upset that she ever got into a fight with him in the first place. She was happy; happy that she finally had Troy admit his feelings for her. He didn't just say that he liked her; he said that he loved her. That one word that makes every girl's world, dreams, and fantasy appear into authenticity.
Troy waited impatiently for her to say something, anything. He didn't have any regrets; any qualms about saying how he felt about this one unique girl. He wanted to tell Gabriella the truth, and that was exactly what he had done.
"Gabriella, I know you might not feel the same way, but that's how I feel. You're gorgeous, smart, an awesome person to be around and you're just too ideal. You're perfect in anything and everything you do. The way you smile, wow no words could describe the way you make me feel when I see you're smile. I love hearing you laugh, because that's the one thing that makes me laugh. Gabriella you're the first thing I think about when I wake up, and you're the last thing I think about when I go to sleep. I just wanted you to know this." Troy said eyeing the love of his life. He put his heart out to her, and the only thing he wanted in return, was for her to do the same. Doubts and worries filled into every inch into his body, as he was waiting helplessly.
Gabriella literally couldn't move. No muscle in her body would attempt to move. Everything that Troy just told her began to sink smoothly into her. She would be jumping up and down right now, but for some reason she didn't, maybe it was because she didn't want to embarrass herself.
"I guess you might want to go back to Sonny now. Huh?" Troy asked, looking straight at her. She didn't say a word after he said all this to her, Troy took this as a sign that she didn't like him back.
"What makes you think that?" Gabriella said, finally saying something.
"Well you didn't tell me anything and you probably want someone perfect for you. Sonny; he's smart, he has so much in common with you and not to mention you girls think he's cute. You want someone at you're league and I respect that. I'm just some popular jock."
"Troy you're not just some popular jock. You're so much more then that. You're a wonderful best friend, you make me laugh all the time, you're fun to be around and all the things you feel about me; I feel the same way about you." Gabriella said.
"But I can't be perfect like how Sonny is. You deserve someone who's perfect."
"Troy I don't care if you're not perfect. Heck, Troy no is perfect. I like you for you and that's all that matters." Gabriella said moving closer to Troy.
"I-I guess what I'm trying to say is I love you too Troy." Gabriella said smoothly. Finally the three words Troy has been longing to hear.
"So does this mean you'll be my girlfriend?" Troy asked Gabriella, even though they pledged their love to each other, he still thought it was proper to ask. Troy thought Gabriella would instantly say yes, but to his surprise she went back to her 'silent ways'.
"T-Troy I'm sorry but……………. I can't be you're girlfriend." Gabriella managed to say. These words felt as though Troy got slapped numerous of times.
A/N: Dun dun dun haha how evil am I? Leaving you with such a cliffy. I wonder why Gabriella said no. Wait to find out in the next chapter. Meanwhile please review!